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ID number: BIRBI-B1027 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Justinian I; Carthage Denomination: Nummus Place made: Carthage Culture: Byzantine Date made: 540-541 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 1.00 Weight (g): 0.86 Axis (degrees): 90.00 Provenance: Whitting 3136. B.A. Seaby, March 1957. |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Justinian facing r. wearing diadem, cuirass and paludamentum. Reverse: Encircling wreath.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IVSTI (Our lord Justinian, emperor in perpetuity). Reverse: VOT XIIII (Vows [from the emperor's accession] many [for the future] Year 14).
Bibliography: DOC I. 304; MIB I 205
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